"I am not a product of my history or passed, I am a function of what I hope to be tomorrow." - Mthoko Shange.
Decolonizing Colonization
Alas we may never see equality in this lifetime I suppose, I do not know these things. But I sure as hell am not going to stop pushing into these spaces, as uncomfortable and hurtful as these conversations may be.
I started off with a little and I have still got much of it left…
The words that have inspired this writing are the words of Seasick Steve, "I started off with nothing and I still got much of it left" the song is actually about nothing, listening to it as I type this. The reason this resonates with me so much especially when I think of faith and Christianity and the... Continue Reading →
unravelled and put back together again…
I am forever changed and forever changing
I’m not racist but… you are
I am not a racist... but
#Blue for who?
I've been frustrated with how narcissistic we are as a generation and how little we are actually doing for movements and how we can claim to be standing in solidarity with, people who are being, oppressed, murdered and raped and facing unimaginable difficulty.
The Ugly Side
How do I play my role in this community that I have been a part of for so long and all of a sudden I feel like I don't really know if I belong there anymore
Changing the narrative
In any story there is a narrative - there is the narrator - the narrative and the audience. So what's the story that we are being told and is that really how the story goes?
It’s not just black and white anymore… It’s grey all 50 shades of it
So I am sitting on the drainage pipe at the Engen service station in Riverhorse Valley next to a gentleman in a smart suit. Older black guy who looks important you know... I kind of tried to greet him and only managed a sheepish mumur to which I got no response. It's all good though... Continue Reading →
I cried like a little boy at work yesterday…
Yesterday, was an emotional day and to be honest with everything that is going on right now… I just broke down and cried like a little boy
Siyabonga Shange 